I'm convinced there is pressure from the big sponsors, onto the FA and England management, to play the big names...

Why on earth is Sterling anywhere near the England squad, other than to appease the sponsors. Same applied to Rooney for several years. Not picking on those two, but they come to mind most easily.

Why don't we just play players in the correct position. Rashford right up front with Kane. Same with when Rooney was justifiably getting in the team, but we didn't play him as a striker. Same as when we tried to shoehorn Lampard and Gerrard into the same midfield.... etc etc...

I do feel sorry for Southgate. After our next failure he'll get slated and sacked, without any thought that our "world class" players are actually shite and technically inferior.

Eriksson, Capello, Hodgson, McLaren, etc... didn't all become bad managers the moment they joined England. They just took the rap for the lack of talent and development of technical ability in this country.